WOODFORD COUNTY (25News Now) - Two pedestrians are dead after a crash early Saturday morning on I-74 eastbound in Woodford County.
Illinois State Police say Troop 4 was dispatched around 1:24 a.m. to investigate a two-vehicle crash that blocked lanes near mile marker 116, between the Mackinaw Dells Rest Area and the Carlock exit.
They received another call that a passenger car and a truck tractor semi-trailer struck two pedestrians who were standing in the road near the initial crash. Both pedestrians were pronounced dead at the scene.
A driver from the secondary crash was taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
No other injuries were reported.
The road was closed for the investigation but re-opened around 8:15 a.m.
No other information is available at this time.